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  U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-LA) | Official Online Office
Vitter Appalled by Move to Limit Full and Open Debate on Immigration
Vitter Pushes for Reauthorization of Abstinence Education Program
Vitter Testifies at Committee Hearing on Post-Katrina Crime
vitter.senate.gov   (173 words)

  
  Vitter plans to carve own path - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - December 28, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Sen.-elect David Vitter's conservative values and loyalty to President Bush helped him win a historic election in Louisiana, but he plans to highlight his independence by making his first bill a challenge to the administration's policy on prescription-drug importation.
Vitter said he will continue the fight that he started in the U.S. House to allow drugs to be imported from other countries where they are cheaper — a move the Bush administration does not support because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) argues that the safety of such drugs can't be guaranteed.
Vitter also was among the House Republicans who were "extremely frustrated" that key immigration-related provisions were stripped out of the intelligence overhaul bill before it was approved by both chambers earlier this month.
www.washtimes.com /national/20041228-121332-1287r.htm   (826 words)

  
 David Vitter - Wikipédia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
David Vitter (né le 3 mai 1961) est un homme politique américain, membre du Parti républicain et sénateur de Louisiane au Congrès des États-Unis depuis 2005.
Dans une sorte de surenchère avec l'autre sénateur de Louisiane, Mary Landrieu, qui avait estimé le nombre de morts autour d'un millier, David Vitter estima que ce cyclone pouvait avoir fait 10 000 morts dans ce seul État, alors que le bilan final de ce désastre pour l'état fut de 832 victimes.
Marié, catholique pratiquant, David Vitter est père de 4 enfants.
www.webwarper.net /ww/fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Vitter   (321 words)

  
 T. and Sympathy: David Vitter in the Metro Section
As Vitter points out, it was that same week that the Emergency Spending Package was passed--but it wasn't passed until later in the week--after the trivial no-chance-in-hell-of-being-passed Marriage Protection Amendment had been debated for days.
Vitter claims that, "When it's all about adult individual rights, the interests of children and society suffer." As I see it, children and society suffer as a result of this discrimination.
The values David Vitter seeks to transmit to the next generation are not my own and they are not the values I want my future children to inherit.
tandsympathy.blogspot.com /2006/06/david-vitter-in-metro-section.html   (1093 words)

  
 David Vitter - Congresspedia
David Bruce Vitter is the Junior Senator from Louisiana.
David Vitter's official website was rated by citizen researchers in February 2007 as part of a survey by the Sunlight Foundation.
However, Vitter is the first to be elected by the general populace of Louisiana, while Harris was chosen by the state legislature before the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution made that procedure obsolete.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=David_Vitter   (948 words)

  
 David Vitter | Congress votes database | washingtonpost.com
See how David Vitter voted on key votes -- the most important bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before Congress, as determined by washingtonpost.com.
David Vitter has missed 3 votes (2.0%) during the current Congress.
View David Vitter's 2005 official financial disclosure statement, which describes the sources, types and amounts of income earned in 2005.
projects.washingtonpost.com /congress/members/v000127   (489 words)

  
 SLU News David Vitter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Vitter has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since June 1999 when he won his First Congressional District seat in a special election to replace Bob Livingston.
Vitter serves as a member of the House Appropriations Committee, which determines how the $1.5 trillion annual federal budget is spent.
Vitter and his wife Wendy Baldwin Vitter are the parents of three daughters and are lectors at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Metairie.
www2.selu.edu /NewsEvents/PublicInfoOffice/vitter-sp01commencement.htm   (481 words)

  
 T. and Sympathy: David Vitter: "Protecting" marriage instead of his constituents
Vitter is one of the many U.S. politicians who does not have his priorities straight.
Vitter choose to co-sponsor the Marriage Protection Amendment (S.J.RES.1), but not the Emergency Health Care Relief Act of 2005 (S.1716), which would "provide emergency health care relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina, and for other purposes"--for his constituents.
And when Landrieu threatened to block Bush's appointments requiring senate confirmation in hopes of stimulating the progress of flood restoration legislation, Vitter was content to blast Landrieu for her efforts on the senate floor when she participated in democratic filibusters that blocked Bush court nominees.
tandsympathy.blogspot.com /2006/06/david-vitter-protecting-marriage.html   (394 words)

  
 David Vitter: Issues Not a Priority
David Vitter blocked efforts to curb job outsourcing, opposing a House Budget Committee amendment in March 2004 that would have prohibited taxpayer dollars from being used to outsource work currently done in the United States.
David Vitter voted five times over the past two years in favor of the Bush administration’s new overtime rules that will force six million workers nationwide, including thousands in Louisiana, to lose their overtime pay protections.
David Vitter voted against a stand alone measure to increase the minimum wage by $1 over two years and has voiced opposition to a minimum wage increase on the campaign trail.
www.lademo.org /ht/display/ReleaseDetails/i/175754   (744 words)

  
 Sen. David Vitter (R-La.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Vitter, who on Election Day beat three Democrats under Louisiana’s unusual election system, replaces Sen. John Breaux (D), who is retiring to become a lobbyist.
Vitter is a conservative congressman from New Orleans who voted with the Bush administration more than 90 percent of the time, according to National Journal.
In that race, Vitter beat David Treen, a Republican former governor and congressman who was the choice of many established Louisiana Republicans to replace Livingston.
www.thehill.com /thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/110404/ss_vitter.html   (255 words)

  
 Online NewsHour | Vote 2004 | Key Races | Louisiana Senate Race | David Vitter
Three-term U.S. Rep. David Vitter is the sole Republican in the race to replace retiring incumbent Democratic Sen. John Breaux.
Vitter, whose 1st Congressional District covers much of the newer part of the New Orleans metropolitan area and part of suburbanizing St. Charles Parish to the west, has one of the most conservative voting records in Congress.
Another of Vitter's crusades was missile defense, and he was able to get an amendment approved in support of a national missile defense system.
www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2004/key-races/la_vitter.html   (446 words)

  
 Mrs. Bush's Remarks at David Vitter for Senate Luncheon
In Washington, we know Congressman Vitter as a principled, skilled legislator, who is not afraid to reach across the aisle to get things done for the people of Louisiana.
David knows that good jobs and a skilled work force are vital to Louisiana's economy, and he supports the President's plan to strengthen math and science education, to expand Internet learning in our high schools so that graduates are prepared to compete in our changing economy.
David will work with the President to reform our federal tax code and to reduce frivolous lawsuits that drive up the cost of business and health care for all Americans.
www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2004/09/20040930-8.html   (1709 words)

  
 Irregular Times Rating and Contact Information for Senator David Vitter of LA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Senator Vitter tried to break a fillibuster and reauthorize the Patriot Act, empowering the Bush administration to continue to dismantle American liberties and erect a Big Brother edifice in their place.
Senator David Vitter cast a recklessly anticonstitutional "YES" vote to pass the Tyranny Act, S. Senator Vitter swore a solemn oath of office to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.
Rather, Senator Vitter cravenly accepted the bizarre notion that a man with an anti-constitutional record, and who is unwilling to share his point of view regarding the constitution, is worthy of being elevated to the position of Chief Justice.
irregularbin.com /senate/senVitterLA.html   (2863 words)

  
 2theadvocate.com | New Orleans | Sen. David Vitter asks President Bush to reconsider levee project
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. David Vitter is asking President Bush to reconsider the administration’s opposition to the Morganza-to-the-Gulf levee system in a major water resources bill being considered by Congress.
Vitter, however, said the project, which had been authorized in a previous water resources bill but allowed to expire, could be completed while addressing environmental concerns.
In a letter to Bush, Vitter said he was “shocked” by the administration’s position and said “it will display a fundamental lack of understanding and commitment to crucial hurricane and flood protection in key parts of southeast Louisiana.
www.2theadvocate.com /news/neworleans/6965542.html   (731 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on David Vitter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
David Vitter and a bunch of his private hospital money buddies are cheered up by the state House rejecting LSU’s request for a $300 million down payment on a new NOLA charity hospital.
The AP echoed Sen. David Vitter's (R-LA) assertion on the February 5 edition of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews that [f]or some reason, [Majority Leader] Senator [Harry] Reid [D-NV] is adamant at holding it to just two resolutions to be put to a vote.
David Bruce Vitter (born May 3 1961), American politician, is a Senator from Louisiana.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/david_vitter   (937 words)

  
 Capital Games
Vitter was not yet a member of Congress; he was a Republican state representative.
Vitter, a graduate of Harvard University and Tulane law school and a Rhodes scholar, was aghast at this amoral position.
David Corn, the Washington editor of The Nation magazine, has spent years analyzing the policies and pursuing the lies that spew out of the nation's capital.
www.thenation.com /blogs/capitalgames   (1511 words)

  
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David Vitter is dedicated to making life better for his young family and all Louisiana families.
Born and raised in Louisiana, David is married to Wendy Baldwin Vitter, a former prosecutor.
David earned his law degree with honors from Tulane Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review.
www.vote-usa.org /Intro.aspx?Id=LAVitterDavid   (378 words)

  
 LOUISIANA David Vitter (R) (washingtonpost.com)
David Vitter, a Rhodes scholar and Harvard graduate, reached the U.S. Senate after five years in the House and two terms in the state legislature in Louisiana, defeating Democrat Chris John.
Vitter was elected to the U.S. House seat vacated by House Speaker-designate Bob Livingston (R) after he admitted having extramarital affairs.
Vitter was an architect of legislation that limits Louisiana lawmakers to three consecutive terms.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A23639-2004Nov3.html   (232 words)

  
 LarryFlynt.com
Monday’s confession of marital infidelity by GOP right-wing marriage-protection advocate Senator David Vitter of Louisiana was the result of a multi-pronged investigation launched and run by Larry Flynt.
Vitter’s number appeared on the phone records of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the so-called DC Madam.
While the Vitter matter is not directly related to the recent $1-million offer in the Washington Post, we are currently pursuing several promising leads from roughly 250 tips generated by the ad.
www.larryflynt.com   (380 words)

  
 David Vitter | Darfur Scorecard
David Vitter has received a “D” for supporting very few pieces of Darfur legislation.
Urge David Vitter to vote for important Darfur legislation in the future and support the cause through co-sponsorships.
Tell the senator’s office that we need each person to be doing all they can to end the genocide — and you expect more from your elected officials.
darfurscores.org /david-vitter   (151 words)

  
 David Vitter | U.S. Senate
To infer that David Vitter is anything but a tremendous friend to our veterans is politically and factually incorrect and irresponsible,” said Gen. Peyton Cole, USAF retired, of Shreveport.
“I have worked with David Vitter since he joined the Congress, and he has always been a leader among the Louisiana delegation in supporting military and veterans issues.
“Congressman Vitter has been extremely active working to improve benefits for the active duty and retired military, and especially for all veterans who have served their country in war and conflicts.
www.vitter2004.com /News/Read.aspx?ID=46   (296 words)

  
 Katrina Coverage David Vitter archive: News and Politics of the New Orleans hurricane
Vitter said so-called "FEMA cities" of travel trailers are a "bad idea," though he said in some cases they might be necessary.
Louisiana's Senators, Mary Landrieu (D) and David Vitter (R), have proposed legislation to provide about $250 billion in federal aid to help their state rebuild from Hurricane Katrina.
…Republican lawmakers, such as U.S. Sen. David Vitter, were quick to criticize the immediate federal response but also took pains in television interviews to say there were problems at the local and state level as well.
katrinacoverage.com /tag/david-vitter   (768 words)

  
 GovTrack: David Vitter
To contact David Vitter, visit his official website, or phone his office at (202) 224-4623.
Vitter is a radical Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.
Statistics: David Vitter has sponsored 166 bills since Jan 6, 1999, of which 148 haven't made it out of committee (Poor) and 1 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers).
www.govtrack.us /congress/person.xpd?id=400418   (556 words)

  
 David Vitter Attacks Opponents
Instead of putting forth a positive vision for the state, David Vitter chose to introduce himself to the people of Louisiana through a stinging, partisan attack.
According to The Times-Picayune, Vitter’s radio spots tell “listeners of conservative radio that while the Metairie Republican backs President Bush for re- election, his three Democratic opponents ‘support Massachusetts liberal John Kerry’ for president.”[1] Vitter then goes on to specifically criticize one of his Democratic opponents without naming him.
The Vitter radio ads are not the first signs of negativity from the Vitter camp.
www.lademo.org /ht/display/ReleaseDetails/i/151967   (432 words)

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